Theatre Classes

This workshop is an introduction to group and team improvisational comedy, covering spontaneity, group focus, ensemble building, narrative skills and how to identify and exploit patterns and connections between ideas that help create brilliant and hilarious improv comedy. Participants will learn basic and intermediate improv comedy skills, including various “comedy sports” games that will be […]

During his career, CoF’s Producing Artistic Director has directed more than a dozen Restoration-era comedies. As a physical acting style, Restoration Comedy is a challenging, intellectual, and hyper-stylized approach to movement, interaction, tension, character, and comedy. In this workshop, participants will learn about the history of Restoration comedy, gain skills for creating and performing physically […]

CoF’s new Producing Artistic Director Scott Palmer has more than 20 years’ experience with classical text, heightened language, and Shakespearean verse. In this workshop, participants will be asked to analyze 20 lines of Shakespearean iambic pentameter to mine the Bard’s verse for hints, clues, and explosive insights into how to perform Shakespeare. All participants must […]